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Excerpt from Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, Vol. 5: Part 1; 1. Proceedings of the First Provincial Congress of Georgia, 1775; 2. Proceedings of the Georgia Council of Safety, 1775 to 1777; 3. Account of the Siege of Savannah, 1779, From a British Source The Georgia Historical Society has in its possession several manuscript historical documents of great value, which for the lack of means have never been published. It is true that these papers have been accessible to the historians of our State; still, much of their worth has been lost in their present form. Recognizing the value of the information contained in these papers, and the good to be accomplished by their publication, the Savannah Chapter of The Daughters Of the American Revolution, with a generous and patriotic feeling entirely worthy of that noble organization, has undertaken at its own expense the publication of the collections herein contained. During that stormy period of American revolutionary history which intervened between the renouncement and overthrow Of British authority in the Provinces and the firm establishment Of self-government by the newly organized states a condition Of a airs arose that was marked by the greatest solicitude and danger. Un willing to submit longer to British Oppression, and con scious Of the desperate struggle that must ensue in the resort to arms, the people Of the several Provinces in turn called together their wisest men to take counsel for the public good. These organizations were generally known as Councils of Safety. They were composed Of the wisest and most prudent men in the community, and to them were entrusted at times the entire welfare Of the cause Of liberty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.